OCC Proposes Stablecoin Rules Under GENIUS Act; Ethereum Unveils Strawmap Roadmap as Tokenized Treasuries Cross $10B

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency has issued a proposed rulemaking to implement the GENIUS Act and is seeking public comments on stablecoin regulations. The Ethereum Foundation released its "Strawmap" roadmap outlining plans for faster L1 finality, 10,000 TPS scaling via zkEVMs, advanced L2 throughput, postquantum security and native L1 privacy. Tokenized U.S. Treasuries surpassed $10 billion in total value locked, and Google searches for "buy bitcoin" reached their highest level in five years. Trump-backed World Liberty Financial posted a governance proposal to enable $WLFI staking rewards for token holders participating in governance, while Binance faces scrutiny from Sen. Blumenthal over $1.7 billion in alleged Iran exposure.